Camera, chiefly for cinematographs



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CAMERA, CHIEFLY FOR GINEIATOGRAPHS Filed Sept. 9, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE Jean Ionesco, Munich,

Lucien Victor France Joseph Prouvot,

Germany, and Georges Roubaix,

Application September 9, 1937, Serial No. 163,134 In Germany September 15, 1936 8 Claims.

According to a known process of view taking for cinematographic color projection, a number of simultaneous recordings of the object is made on different films with the use either of chromatic selecting filters of different colours or of films the emulsions of which are of different kinds, so as to be sensitive. each to a light of a different color; two or three colors are generally suiiicient. These films, after development form the negatives which correspond to the chosen colors say blue, yellow .and red.

In order to work satisfactorily and to provide clear and fringeless pictures these processes require during View taking the effects of parallaxis to be corrected, which is difiicult to obtain.

Our invention has for its object to remove this drawback and to obtain several color-selected films adapted to become positives or negatives and all carrying pictures which are exactly similar. To this end we arrange the films to be impressed in the path of a light beam; a first picture of the object is made on the iilm which is the first to the front. This picture seen through transparency is reproduced preferably without any change in size on the next film by means of a suitable optic device and so.

on. The movement of the films is performed in the same direction or in opposed directions according as to whether the pictures carried by them are in the same sense or not one with. reference to the others.

Several means may be provided for improving and simplifying the general principle of our invention.

In the first place we may replace a film by a double or so-called bipack lm which comprises two films applied one against the other and passing together in the guideway. arranged in front of the corresponding optic device. In the 40 second place we may divide the light beam to the front or to the rear of the first picture, for instance by means of a semi-transparent mirror so as to obtain a complementary image.

We have shown by wayof example in accompanying drawings and described hereinafter different forms of execution of our invention.

Fig. 1 illustrates diagrammatically in the more general case the path followed by the light rays and the manner in which the pictures are dformed.

Y relates tov the methd of producing mpictu'res for a three-color view taking in the case of the use of a bipack film.

Fig. 3 shows diagrammatically a view taking taking apparatus for the execution of the method disclosed with reference to Fig. 5.

Returning to Fig. 1, it is apparent that there are arranged a plurality of films I, 2, 3, one behind the other. An ordinary object-glass 4 forms on the film I a picture 6 of the object 5 (said image 6 being shown in Fig. l behind the film). The rays passing out of a point of the object 5 are condensed by the object glass 4 on to a point of the film I and pass through the latter which is transparent. They are then taken up again by the optic system 'I which condenses them again so as to form on the film 2 a second picture 8 identical with .the former picture 6. Similarly it is possible to obtain on the film 3 a further identical picture I0.

Each film or the .screen accompanying it arrests the rays of the color corresponding to it and plays thus with reference to the following films the part of a chromatic filter.

Obviously whatever the transparency of the film I may be, this film will absorb a certain amount of light. The same is the case for the nlm 2. The pictures 6-8-I0 will consequently show decreasing, luminosities.

For this reason and also because of thenumber of optic systems involved, the arrangement of Fig. 1 is more or less theoretical.

Preferably we use'the arrangement of Fig. 2 `in which the films 2 and 3 are joined so as to form a bipack film, films I and 2 being transparent. Under these circumstances the picture 8 which is shown in front of the blpack film 2-3 is formed in practice on the surface of separation of the films 2 and 3 so as to appear on the two sensitive surfaces facing one another.

' The optic arrangement 1, shown diagrammatically as a single lens, may be of any kind. It is generally of .advantage to make use of an object glass ywhich may set the picture straight if required. It is also possible, without widening the scope of the invention, to use any other simple or compound optic system such as a mirror, a prism or the like means playing the same part i.A e. forming on the second film 2-3 a picture 8 identicalv with the picture 6; to this end the optic system 1 is adjusted so that these pictures 6 and 8 may be of equal sizes which will be sumcient to make them identical; in fact the picture 8 does not reproduce the object 5 seen under another angie, but merely its picture, which does away withail/eiects of paraliaxis. In the' device as shown, the pictures 6 and are up' side down one with reference to the other so that it is necessary to make the films pass in opposite directions as shown bythe arrows f and f'; if on the contrary the system I were capable of setting the picture straight, the pictures 6 and` 8 would both appear vupright and the films would have to move in the same direction whichv may be of advantage for further operation.

i course it is possible to modify the relative arrangement of the films, the bipack lm being put infront of the other; we may also use two bipack films when a four color projection is called for.

The view taking camera yis easy to execute as it may be considered as constituted by two cameras arranged one behind the other, the driving means being of course in perfect synchronism.

Fig. 3 shows diagrammatically such a camera in which we have assumed, by way of example, that the optic system 'I sets the picture straight Yso as to cause both pictures'to be arranged in the same direction. The driving means 9 and II are controlled by the same motor I2 which provides perfect synchronism.

Although preferable to the arrangement of Fig. 1, the arrangement of Figs. 2 and 3 shows nevertheless certain drawbacks. If the numerals I, II, III, designate the clearnesses of the pictureson the films I, 2, 3, 1I is smaller than I and whatever the transparency of the film 2 may be, IE is smaller than II. It is true that this drawback may be partly removed by making use of films the sensitive layers of' which are very thin and have .a-very fine grain. This would provide a clearness higher than that Vgenerally obtained to-day with bipack lms. i

However considerable improvement may be provided by .the following arrangement shown in Fig. 4. As illustrated there is interposed between the optic system I and the film 2 a senil-transparent mirror I3 inclined at 45 andthe film 3 is caused to move perpendicularly to the films I and 2 so as to receive the pictures formed by this mirror. Obviously in this case, I designating the clearness obtained on the nim I,.the pictures o-btained on the lms 2 and 3 will show the same clearness II.

Lastly inthe arrangement of Fig. 5, there is inserted a seml-transparent mirror I3 at 45 between the object glass 4 and the film I and the images produced by this mirror are received by the nlm 3 which advances perpendicularly to the lms I and 2., In this case the lms I and 3 both carry pictures having a clearness-I and the film 2 alone carries pictures having a clearness II.

Fig. 6 shows diagrammatically in perspective and in a manner similar to Fig. 3, the manner of executing in practice the arrangement of Fig. 5. The references being the same in-Figs. and 6, it is not necessary to give any further explanation.

In the arrangements of Figs. 4 and 5 it is sufficient for film I alone to beltransparent, whic leads to an important economy.- v

On the other hand the film 3, supposed to be transparent, may be considered as the equivalent of the lm I. An optic system I4, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, arranged behind the film 3 and exactly similar to the optic system I will produce a picture on a fourth lm I5. Under such conditions we obtain four films showing two by two clearness I and n without resorting to a bipack nlm.

One of the chief advantages of our invention resides in that it allows for selective view taking the use of ordinary ilms sold commercially such as blue-sensitive films, diapositive films, orthochromatic films and panchromatic films- The lms used may also have the same for different sensitive layers and the same or different sizes. Thus the rst film of the apparatus may be of standard size and the second lm may be a narrow lm.

What we claim is:

l. In a camera chiey for color cinematographs the combination of a number of light lsensitive surfaces arranged in succession in the path of the light beam, of which surfaces at least the rst one is transparent, means for forming a first picture on the first surface and an optic system inserted between each transparent surface and successive lms and adapted to form an image.

of the picture .formed on the first of these films on the second of these films.

3. A camera for color cinematographs comprising a number of parallel films selectively sensitive to light of different colors arranged in succession in the path of the light Ibeam and 'all of which which have a further film to their rear are transparent, means for advancing the films,

means for' forming first pictures on the first film and an optic systeminserted 'between each two successive lms and adapted to form an image of the picture rformed on the first of these lms on the second of these lms.

4. A camera for color cinematographs comprising a number of parallel films selectively sensitive to light of diierent colors arranged in succession in the path of the light 'beam and all of which which have a further film to their rear are transparent, means for advancing the lms in the same direction, means for forming first pictures on the first film and an optic system inserted between each two successive lms and adapted to form an image of the picture formed on the first of these films on the second of these films, said image being set straight with reference to the picture on the first of the two successive films.

5. A camera for color cinematographs comprising a number of parallel films selectively sensitive to light of different colors arranged in succession in the path of the light beam and all of which which have a further film to their rear are transparent, at least one couple of the films vforming a bipack film, means for advancing the films, means for forming first pictures on the first film and an optic system inserted between each two successive independent films and adapted to form an image of the picture formed o n the first of these films on the second of these films.

.6. A-camera for color cinematographs comprising at least two parallel films selectively sensitive to light of different colors arranged behind one another in the path of the light beam and all of which are transparent which have a further lm behind them, means for advancing the films synchronously through the light beam, means for forming rst pictures on the first film, an optic system inserted between each transparent lm and the next film for forming on the said next film an image of the picture formed on said transparent iilm, a semi-reilective survface arranged in the path of the light beam in front of at least one of the films, further lms selectively sensitive to given colored lights adapted to receive the reected image produced by said semi-reilective surfaces and means for advancing said further lms.

7. A camera for color cinematographs comprising at least two parallel films selectively sensitive to light of different colors arranged behind one another in the path of the light beam and all of which` are transparent which have a further lm behind them, means for advancing the films synchronously through the light beam, means for forming iirst pictures on the first iilm, an optic system inserted between each transparent lm and the next film for forming on the said next illm an image of the picture formed on said transparent film, a semi-reflective surface arranged inthe path of the light beam in front of at least one of the films, further lms selectively sensitive to given colored lights adapted to receive the reflected image produced by said semi-reflective surfaces and of which at least one is transparent, an auxiliary optic system to the rear of at least one of said transparent further iilms, an auxiliary lm behind said optic system adapted to receive the image of the picture on the transparent further lm through the Optic system and means for advancing said further and auxiliary films.

8. A camera for color cinematographs cornprising at least two parallel films selectively sensitive to light of different colors arranged behind one another in the path of the light beam and all of which are transparent which have a further lm behind them, means for advancing the lms synchronously through the light beam, means for forming exactly similar pictures on said films, a semi-reflective surface arranged in the path of the light beam in front of at least one of the lms, further films selectively sensitive to given colored lights adapted to receive the reected image produced by said semi-reflective surfaces and means for advancing said further films.

JEAN IONESCO. GEORGES LUCIEN VICTOR JOSEPH PROUVOT. 

